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What It Means To Be a Science Fiction Writer in the Early 21st Century

I believe that science fiction’s best days are ahead of it, because I have read a lot of science fiction. And if this genre has taught me anything, it’s optimism about human ingenuity—along with a belief that the unexpected is just around the corner. I’m not alone: Many people seem to feel like science fiction…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

This BB-8 Art Is Adorably Tragic

From the first moment we saw him, BB-8 rolled into our hearts like no droid ever has. His hilarious, crucial role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens worked to only deepen that love. Now, artist Alex Griendling is using that all against us. Griendling has created a piece of art that uses two iconic “thumbs-ups”…

Movies Germain Lussier

Card-Free ATMs Are Coming Because Drug Dealers Don’t Take Apple Pay Yet

Virtually every retailer takes credit cards these days. More and more even accept services like Apple Pay. But when you really need cash to buy things like drugs or sex or illegal firearms, Chase will soon make it much more convenient. That’s right, card-free ATMs are on the way. Chase recently announced that it will…

Tech News Matt Novak

This Image Basically Sums Up All of Shadowhunters

Amid the many vapid delights of “Dead Man’s Party”—casual grave-robbing; a motorcycle modified to run on “demon energy;” a seduction scene that tries to make a guy with a mullet seem dreamy—this last-act tableaux might have been the episode’s finest moment. Spoilers even though this show ain’t much for subtlety… We have Jace and Alec…

Television Cheryl Eddy

There’s Something Very Strange in This New Image of Comet 67P

The Rosetta spacecraft has the best view of comet 67P, but astronomers right here on Earth are following the famous space rock’s trek across the solar system too. In the image above, they’ve spotted something very strange: The comet has two tails. This shot of 67P was captured by Alan Fitzsimmons on January 19th, 2016,…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

The Stop-Motion Animated Film Kubo and the Two Strings Looks So Freaking Awesome

Samurais, guitars, knights, magic—there’s so much cool in the new trailer for Kubo and the Two Strings. The latest film from the team at Laika (Coraline, ParaNorman) opens in August, and with each subsequent look, this movie just gets more and more exciting. Directed by Travis Knight, Kubo opens on August 19. It tells the…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Add Heart Rate Monitoring to the Pebble Time With a Simple Snap-on Case

Pebble smartwatches have always taken a more basic approach when it comes to cramming functionality into a wearable. But for those hoping their Pebble was a little more capable as a fitness tracker, Tylt has designed a simple case that upgrades the Pebble Time with a heart rate monitor. Tylt is probably better known for…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Seeing One Day Pass on Earth from Space Is Beyond Stunning

This is what one day looks like on Earth from space. The footage condenses 24 hours of imagery from Japan’s Himawari-8 satellite into 12 seconds and shows us how the our beautiful blue marble peels itself from the darkness in unbelievable detail. The reveal of Earth is just beyond words. No planet is as beautiful…

Sploid Casey Chan

5 Live-Action Star Wars Shows Disney Should Be Making Right Now

Last week, we learned that Disney wasn’t making a live-action Star Wars television series anytime soon. That’s a shame, because if there is one benefit to sweeping away the old Expanded Universe, it’s that there is now so much of the new galaxy to explore, and TV would be a perfect way to do it.…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

A First Look at the First Issue of Rivers of London: Night Witch

Late last year, we revealed that Titan Comics would be returning to Rivers of London, Ben Aaronovitch’s supernatural detective novels (initially known as Midnight Riot in the US), with a new miniseries . But what actually happens when Russian gangsters go on the hunt for a powerful witch in police custody? io9 has a first…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Flint May Be Ordered By a Federal Court to Replace Its Lead Pipes

The water contamination scandal in Flint has led to plenty of legal action, but new lawsuit filed today finally has some teeth. A coalition of advocacy groups allege that by switching drinking water sources, Flint officials violated the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, meaning a federal court could order Flint to replace its lead-pipe infrastructure…

Tech News Alissa Walker

The FCC’s Plan to Fix Cable Boxes Will Save You a Ton of Money

Under orders from Congress, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler just proposed new rules to govern set-top boxes. The plan would save consumers money and make it easier to watch internet-based content. What’s remarkable about the proposal, however, is just how much money it would save Americans. We knew this proposal was coming, but we didn’t know…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

These Aerial Views of New York City Are the Best I’ve Ever Seen

It’s unfair to ask me because when I look at New York City, I see the energy and the buzz and all the memories I’ve made there. Sure, the buildings are lovely and the skyline is gorgeous but it’s the feeling I get from when I just look at the city that makes it spectacular.…

Sploid Casey Chan

These Confiscated Counterfeit Hoverboards Do Not Have a Bright Future

US Customs and Borders Protection has seized over 16,000 counterfeit hoverboards. The trendy death-wheelies are sitting in a warehouse in Chicago awaiting processing. Since they can’t be sold, they’ll be destroyed. Of course, literally every hoverboard could be called “counterfeit” on the grounds that they don’t FREAKING HOVER, but that battle has been fought and…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

The Real Reason Behind This Week’s Thor/Captain America Kiss Is Actually Quite Sad

Marvel had comics fans tongue-wagging way back when their solicitation for All-New, All Different Avengers #4 came with the gorgeous Alex Ross cover above, depicting Sam Wilson and Thor locked in a kiss. The issue is out today, and yes, the kiss is real—but it’s not really all that romantic. In fact, it’s all a…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Former Aereo CEO Wants To Blanket Your Home In Gigabit Internet

Aereo was the bad boy of the cord-cutting revolution, until it was declared unlawful by the Supreme Court and scrapped for parts. Undeterred by that monumental setback ex-CEO Chet Kanojia has another idea ready to challenge the status quo—and it’s a system called Starry. The Starry Station, pictured above, is part of that system, and…

Tech News Darren Orf

This Chicken-Obsessed Shining Short May Be the Weirdest Thing You’ll Ever See

I just watched The Chickening and I’m not sure I’ll ever be the same again. Directed by Nick DenBoer and Davy Force, it’s a short version of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, if the movie was obsessed with, and inhabited by, human chicken hybrids. Honestly, what more can you say than that? Talking is hard with…

Movies Germain Lussier

Paul Rudd and Stephen Hawking Face Off in a High-Stakes Game of Quantum Chess

What do you do if you’re Paul Rudd and itching to speak at a Caltech event about quantum mechanics? Challenge your arch-rival, Stephen Hawking, to a game of quantum chess, of course. The very future of the universe might be at stake. Directed by Alex Winter (yep, Bill of Bill and Ted), the video below…

Physics & Chemistry Jennifer Ouellette

You’ll Have to Burn This Piggy Bank Candle to Access Your Savings

There’s a lot of good reasons to distrust banks these days, which means it’s boon time for companies who make piggy banks. But instead of smashing this bank on the floor when you want to make a withdrawal, you light its tail and watch it melt away because it’s actually a wax candle. Made by…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Silly Mashup of Dance Scenes from Movies Is Such a Good Time

Here is nearly 4-minutes of awesome dance scenes from movies that, just from watching it, will make you have a riotous good time. Dance sequences in movies are sometimes goofy, sometimes winking, sometimes weird but always worth watching. I had a dumb smile on my face throughout this entire video by Robert Jones of beautiful…

Sploid Casey Chan

What It Means To Be a Science Fiction Writer in the Early 21st Century

This BB-8 Art Is Adorably Tragic

Card-Free ATMs Are Coming Because Drug Dealers Don’t Take Apple Pay Yet

This Image Basically Sums Up All of Shadowhunters

There’s Something Very Strange in This New Image of Comet 67P

The Stop-Motion Animated Film Kubo and the Two Strings Looks So Freaking Awesome

Add Heart Rate Monitoring to the Pebble Time With a Simple Snap-on Case

Seeing One Day Pass on Earth from Space Is Beyond Stunning

5 Live-Action Star Wars Shows Disney Should Be Making Right Now

A First Look at the First Issue of Rivers of London: Night Witch

Flint May Be Ordered By a Federal Court to Replace Its Lead Pipes

The FCC’s Plan to Fix Cable Boxes Will Save You a Ton of Money

These Aerial Views of New York City Are the Best I’ve Ever Seen

These Confiscated Counterfeit Hoverboards Do Not Have a Bright Future

The Real Reason Behind This Week’s Thor/Captain America Kiss Is Actually Quite Sad

Former Aereo CEO Wants To Blanket Your Home In Gigabit Internet

This Chicken-Obsessed Shining Short May Be the Weirdest Thing You’ll Ever See

Paul Rudd and Stephen Hawking Face Off in a High-Stakes Game of Quantum Chess

You’ll Have to Burn This Piggy Bank Candle to Access Your Savings

Silly Mashup of Dance Scenes from Movies Is Such a Good Time

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